Literature/Visual Art
Ho Bin Kim
hk1983nyu.edu
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<Ep.12 Reality Sandwich: Korean Palace>
Title: Ep.12 Reality Sandwich: Korean Palace
Production Year: 2026
Runtime: 37:52
Directed and Edited by Ho Bin Kim
Poster, Translation and Collage Scene by Shaima Ali
Soundtrack by Sotaro Taniguchi
Synopsis:
Reality Sandwich is an ongoing, place-responsive video series that unfolds through performative encounters with artists and cultural practitioners across different geographies. Each episode begins with the question, “What does a Reality Sandwich mean to you?” and develops through unscripted, collaborative exchanges shaped by time and context. Moving across cities such as New York, Gwangju, Shanghai, Bacolod, Seoul, Rotterdam, Jogja, Kawasaki, and Riyadh, the project resists conventional documentary structures in favor of improvisation and a “methodology of presence,” where meaning emerges through lived experience.
Ep.12 Reality Sandwich: Korean Palace centers on a long-standing Korean restaurant in Riyadh, founded over thirty-six years ago by a migrant from the wave of Korean labor migration in the 1970s–80s. Using this site as a point of departure, the work expands to explore the broader history of Korean migration to Saudi Arabia, incorporating conversations linked to the Korean Embassy in Riyadh and documentation at the Korean International School in Jeddah, tracing connections between early migrants and younger generations.
This film was made possible with the support of
The Ministry of Culture, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The Visual Arts Commission The Intermix Residency
With the generous cooperation of
The Korean Embassy in Riyadh
The Korean Consulate in Jeddah
Jeddah Korean International School
Korean Palace, Riyadh SURA, Jeddah
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